2024 College Football Thread

[OldhamA]

12 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Zero ranked opponents. Two unranked losses. No argument for them to get in.

I wasn't lobbying for the Canes to get in (although obviously we should be in - two road losses by a combined 9 points).

I just wanted others to feel pain. 

[LinvilleGorge]

3 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Army not in is bullshit

 

Such a rigged system already 

What??? 

One ranked opponent and they lost that game by 35. LOL

[Bama Panther]

7 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Yeah, I'm for leaving out the bubble teams with very obvious flaws. Milroe is just too limited as a passer to win three games against playoff caliber teams. Just not gonna happen. I'd love to see Cam Ward against a playoff caliber team but let's be real, Miami's D is gonna give up 40+ and they're gonna lose so why bother?

Absolutely agree concerning Milroe. When he is bad, he is REALLY bad, and you just never know which Milroe will show up. 

3 minutes ago, Shocker said:

Good Bama is better than SMU but bad Bama laid a few eggs that cost them

Agree. Good Bama could win the playoffs, but you can’t reward good Bama with the way bad Bama showed up in games against far lesser opponents. 

[OldhamA]

2 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Michigan on the road is impressive 

Why?

[LinvilleGorge]

5 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Michigan on the road is impressive 

If a win over a five loss team is the crown jewel of your argument then you don't have an argument.

[CRA]

10 minutes ago, Shocker said:

It’s remarkable Miami is even ranked as high as they are…that schedule is cupcake city

CFP can’t decide what a conference championships mean or don’t mean. Clemson beats a #8 SMU to be ACC champs…..move up only 1 spot from 17 to 16.   Miami at stays at 13.   

I think what the committee really is saying is don’t play anyone outside your conference and titles are largely meaningless.  Final record and then head to head are the focus points (SEC teams just out show that)  

[OldhamA]

Just now, CRA said:

CFP can’t decide what a conference championships mean or don’t mean. Clemson beats a #8 SMU to be ACC champs…..move up only 1 spot from 17 to 16.   Miami at stays at 13.   

I think what the committee really is saying is don’t play anyone outside your conference and titles are largely meaningless.  Final record and then head to head are the focus points. 

What the committee is saying (lower case C, cos fug 'em) is that if you don't play in the SEC or the BIG10 you'd better win your Conference because otherwise they'll find every excuse to omit you. 

[LinvilleGorge]

12 minutes ago, Jackson113.2 said:

No game day thread today?

I just don't think anybody cared enough to make it. I pinned yours.

[Jackson113.2]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I just don't think anybody cared enough to make it. I pinned yours.

Both App State and Unc fired their coaches,  so both my college teams are pretty much toast for the year.

[Shocker]

3 minutes ago, CRA said:

CFP can’t decide what a conference championships mean or don’t mean. Clemson beats a #8 SMU to be ACC champs…..move up only 1 spot from 17 to 16.   Miami at stays at 13.   

I think what the committee really is saying is don’t play anyone outside your conference and titles are largely meaningless.  Final record and then head to head are the focus points (SEC teams just out show that)  

Great point.  I think if SMU played Bama’s schedule they aren’t in this discussion.  

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, Jackson113.2 said:

Both App State and Unc fired their coaches,  so both my college teams are pretty much toast for the year.

UNC football has always been toast, sometimes it just takes a few games to accept it but the inevitable always happens. That's my experience as a lifelong Heels fan.

If App has known this NIL stuff was coming I don't think they would've made the jump up to D1. I'd rather contend for championships at the D1AA level than be an also ran hoping to land in a toilet bowl in D1. They just don't have the resources to compete in the NIL era.

[LinvilleGorge]

8 minutes ago, CRA said:

CFP can’t decide what a conference championships mean or don’t mean. Clemson beats a #8 SMU to be ACC champs…..move up only 1 spot from 17 to 16.   Miami at stays at 13.   

I think what the committee really is saying is don’t play anyone outside your conference and titles are largely meaningless.  Final record and then head to head are the focus points (SEC teams just out show that)  

I said that going into the season. The twelve team field is gonna put an end to meaningful out of conference games other than long standing rivalry games and it might just take a couple of ill-timed losses in those costing playoff spots to bring some of those to an end.

[Shocker]

I do wonder if the Florida State snub for Bama last season was in the back of the committees mind.  Might have played a factor

[CRA]

I think head to head is overpriortized this year in CFP.  They wouldn’t jump SC over Bama or Ole Miss…and should have.  Then Clemson beats a #8 SMU team to win a title and they can’t move them up and value a title because of the SC head to head.  

AP seems to have done better in that section minus where they got Bama.  They should be behind SC like Ole Miss.  They got Miami rightfully behind Clemson.